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“Dey” was the title given to the Regent of Algiers (and the Regent of Tunis) during the Ottoman Empire from 1671 until the French conquered Algiers in 1830. Algiers was a city state, under the Ottoman Sultan and was the chief haven of the Barbary pirates. As a regent, the dey was an elected supreme ruler, chosen by local leaders to govern for life (unless deposed). The dey was advised by an inner cabinet of ministers called the “divan” — the word has passed into the English language for the seats on which they sat to deliberate.
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Murdin, P. (2009). The Paris Meridian in the Napoleonic Wars. In: Full Meridian of Glory. Copernicus, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75534-2_6
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